Automatic cleaning storage base for electric mop

ABSTRACT

Disclosed is an automatic cleaning storage base for an electric mop. The electric mop has a rotatable cleaning roller; the automatic cleaning storage base comprises a casing member, a cleaning tank is formed in an upper surface of the casing member, and a decontamination assembly for scrubbing the cleaning roller is disposed in the cleaning tank; the roller is cleaned by using the decontamination assembly of the present invention, thereby avoiding the cumbersome manual operation in the prior art, avoiding staining human hands, and achieving a good effect.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Technical Field

The present invention relates to a mop, and more particularly to anautomatic cleaning storage base for an electric mop.

2. Description of Related Art

The mop is a common household cleaning tool that mainly includes a moprod for holding and a mop head for cleaning. With the advancement oftechnology, many more motorized and even intelligent mops have beenintroduced.

The direct cleaning of the mop relies on a cleaning part on the mophead. According to different designs, the cleaning part may be clothstrips and may be a sponge roller. The traditional mop head has aproblem in use, that is, the cleaning problem of the mop head and thecleaning part after cleaning the floor. In the prior art, the mop headand the cleaning part are mostly washed manually, which causestroublesome operation and stains the human hands. The drainage system isvery inconvenient to use. In addition, the cleaning part of thetraditional mop is fixed. When a contact surface of a mop is dirty, itis necessary to change another direct to continue cleaning the floorwith a clean surface, and there is also a problem of inconvenience inoperation.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of the problem in the prior art that the mops are mostlyscrubbed manually, which causes troublesome operation and stains thehuman hands, the present invention provides a cleaning base assembly forcleaning the cleaning portion, and automatic cleaning is realized by therotation of the cleaning roller during cleaning, thereby avoiding thetrouble and pollution of manual cleaning; moreover, a decontaminationassembly is disposed in the cleaning base assembly to help scrub thecleaning roller, so that the cleaning effect is further improved, andthe overall use is convenient and the effect is good.

To achieve the above-mentioned objective, the present invention providesan automatic cleaning storage base for an electric mop. The electric mophas a rotatable cleaning roller; the automatic cleaning storage basecomprises a casing member, a cleaning tank is formed in an upper surfaceof the casing member, and a decontamination assembly for scrubbing thecleaning roller is disposed in the cleaning tank; the roller is cleanedby using the decontamination assembly of the present invention, therebyavoiding the cumbersome manual operation in the prior art, avoidingstaining human hands, and achieving a good effect.

Preferably, the cleaning tank is provided with a positioning groove forplacing the electric mop.

Preferably, the decontamination assembly comprises a squeezing scraperstrip, and the squeezing scraper strip is disposed at an edge of thepositioning groove.

Preferably, the cleaning tank is formed by recessing the upper portionof the casing member, and the casing member is bent to form a cavitybelow.

Preferably, the bottom surface of the cleaning tank is an inclinedsurface.

Detailed constructions or features provided in the present inventionwill be described in the detailed description of the followingembodiments. However, those skilled in the art should understand thatthe detailed description and the specific embodiments of the presentinvention are intended to be illustrative of the invention and not tolimit the scope of the invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an assembled perspective view of a preferred embodiment of thepresent invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a preferred embodiment of thepresent invention.

FIG. 3 is a partial exploded perspective view of a preferred embodimentof the present invention, showing the exploded structure of a mop headassembly.

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a cleaning base assembly according to apreferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of a cleaning base assemblyaccording to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the combined arrangement of the cleaningbase assembly and the mop head assembly according to a preferredembodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is another schematic view of the combined arrangement of thecleaning base assembly and the mop head assembly according to apreferred embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The technical content and features of the present invention will bedescribed in detail below by referring to the preferred embodiments andthe drawings. The present invention is mainly applied to an electricmops and wet type electric mops, and those skilled in the art canunderstand that the description terms of the embodiments are genericdescription of which the application field is not limited; for example,material or shape terms include but are not limited to the materials orshapes specified by the description, and the positional terms includebut are not limited to “arrange”, “close to”, “connect”, or “abut”. Theword “one” for indicating the number of components means one and morethan one component. The directional expressions such as “upper”,“lower”, “inside”, “outside”, “top” and “bottom” mentioned in thecontents of the description are merely illustrative terms based on thenormal use direction, not intended to limit the scope of the claims.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, an automatic cleaning mop comprises: amop rod assembly having a handle segment assembly 1, an upper rodassembly 2, and a lower rod assembly 3; a mop head assembly 4; and acleaning base assembly 5; the mop head assembly 4 is disposed at thelower end of the mop rod assembly, and the cleaning base assembly 5 isused for placing and cleaning the mop head assembly 4. The mop rodassembly comprises at least two connecting segments, and the at leasttwo connecting segments are detachably connected to each other.

As shown in FIG. 3, FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the mop head assembly 4 has a mophead housing 4 a on which a rotatable cleaning roller 4 b is disposed.Preferably, the mop head housing 4 a is internally provided with a motorfor driving the cleaning roller 4 b, and the motor is connected to thecleaning roller 4 b through a transmission mechanism assembly.Preferably, the transmission mechanism assembly comprises a change gearset, a drive belt and a roller connector 4 d; the motor 4 c, the changegear set, the drive belt and the roller connector 4 d are sequentiallyconnected; the roller connector 4 d is rotatably disposed on the mophead housing 4 a; and the cleaning roller 4 b is fitted to the rollerconnector 4 d. Preferably, one end of the roller connector 4 d iscorrespondingly connected to a pulley of the drive belt at one end, theroller connector 4 d is fitted at the other end, and the rollerconnector 4 d is mounted on the mop head housing 4 a by a bearing.

As shown in FIG. 4 to FIG. 7, the cleaning base assembly 5 has a casingmember 5 a; a cleaning tank 5 aa is formed in the upper surface of thecasing member; a decontamination assembly for scrubbing the mop isdisposed in the cleaning tank 5 aa, and the housing member 5 a isprovided with a drainage system for discharging sewage. Preferably, apositioning groove 5 ab for placing the mop head is disposed in thecleaning tank 5 aa. Preferably, the decontamination assembly comprises asqueezing scraper strip 5 b, and the squeezing scraper strip 5 b isdisposed at an edge of the positioning groove 5 ab. Preferably, thedrainage system comprises a drain valve 5 c, an water inlet end of thedrain valve 5 c is connected into the cleaning tank 5 aa, a water outletend of the drain valve 5 c is connected to the outside of the casingmember 5 a, and a button 5 d for starting the drain valve 5 c isdisposed on the casing member 5 a.

The specific structural form of the cleaning base assembly 5 is given inthis embodiment, wherein the casing member 5 a is the body of thecleaning base assembly 5, and the cleaning tank 5 aa is used forcontaining water for cleaning the mop. The decontamination assembly isused to help the roller on the mop to discharge the adsorbed sewage. Inthe above embodiment, the decontamination assembly comprises a squeezingscraper strip 5 b and a bolt for fixing the squeezing scraper strip 5 b.Moreover, as shown in the figure, the squeezing scraper strip 5 b isstrip-shaped and has a 7-shaped cross section. In actual design, thelower outer surface of the squeezing scraper strip 5 b is provided witha bulge for improving the squeezing effect, the bulge is opposite to amounting fixing portion at the upper part of the squeezing scraper strip5 b, and the lower part of the bulge is inclined outwardly to improvethe squeezing effect. The structure of the bulge can also be replaced byother structures having the same function, such as bumps. In thespecific application, the roller of the mop is placed in the positioninggroove 5 ab, and at this time, the squeezing scraper strip 5 b is in astate of squeezing the roller, and then water for cleaning is pouredinto the cleaning tank 5 aa, and then the roller begins to rotate. Theroller is squeezed by the squeezing scraper strip 5 b, and thus theroller is physically cleaned. After the roller is cleaned to a certainextent, sewage after cleaning is discharged, and when the sewage isdischarged to expose the roller, the sewage in the roller can besqueezed out due to the squeezing by the squeezing scraper strip 5 b. Inthe specific implementation, in order to naturally discharge sewage outof the cleaning tank 5 aa, the bottom surface of the cleaning tank 5 aais set as an inclined surface to facilitate the natural flowing anddrainage of the sewage. The casing member 5 a is integrally formed;therefore, as shown in the figure, the cleaning tank 5 aa is formed byrecessing downward the whole upper plate surface of the casing member 5a, and correspondingly the positioning groove 5 ab is also formed byentirely recessing the casing member 5 a. Through the bending of themain plate surface of the casing member 5 a, a cavity is naturallyformed underneath it for arranging the relevant components of thedrainage system. In addition, a bottom casing plate 5 i is provided tobe mounted at the lower end of the casing member 5 a, and the relevantcomponents of the drainage system are sealed in the cavity forprotection. In order to arrange the drain pipe 5 h more stably, a fixingclamping plate 5 j for fixing the drain pipe 5 h is also arranged. Inthe specific implementation, in order to place the mop more stably, theplate body is entirely protruded upward, thus forming a resting portion5 k for resting the mop on the casing plate 5 a.

What is claimed is:
 1. An automatic cleaning storage base for anelectric mop, the electric mop has a rotatable cleaning roller, whereinthe automatic cleaning storage base comprises a casing member, acleaning tank is formed in an upper surface of the casing member, adecontamination assembly for scrubbing the cleaning roller is disposedin the cleaning tank, and the casing member is provided with a drainagesystem for discharging sewage.
 2. The automatic cleaning storage basefor an electric mop according to claim 1, wherein the decontaminationassembly comprises a squeezing scraper strip, and the squeezing scraperstrip is disposed at an edge of the positioning groove.
 3. The automaticcleaning storage base for an electric mop according to claim 1, whereinthe drainage system comprises a drain valve, an water inlet end of thedrain valve is connected into the cleaning tank, and a water outlet endof the drain valve is connected to the outside of the casing member. 4.The automatic cleaning storage base for an electric mop according toclaim 1, wherein a button for starting the drain valve is disposed onthe casing member.
 5. The automatic cleaning storage base for anelectric mop according to claim 4, wherein a return spring for returningthe button is further disposed between the button and the casing member.6. The automatic cleaning storage base for an electric mop according toclaim 1, wherein a water outlet end of the drain valve is connected witha drain pipe, and the drain pipe is connected to the outside of thecasing member.
 7. The automatic cleaning storage base for an electricmop according to claim 1, wherein the cleaning tank is formed byrecessing the upper portion of the casing member, and the casing memberis bent to form a cavity below.
 8. The automatic cleaning storage basefor an electric mop according to claim 1, wherein the bottom surface ofthe cleaning tank is an inclined surface.